6X09 Macy B. Hart
Let's Talk Jackson: Jackson, Mississippi
English - October 08, 2018 05:00 - 30 minutes - 26.3 MB - ★★★★ - 17 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Macy B. Hart, a longtime director of the Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, Mississippi, established the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience (MSJE) in the 1980s, in an effort to preserve the artifacts and history of small Jewish communities across the South in risk of extinction. In 2000, Hart expanded the MSJE into the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL).
The ISJL serves a thirteen state Southern region. As a "virtual synagogue," the organization has six departments: education, rabbinic, history, museum, programming, and community engagement. Hart's passion for his heritage, his home, and the broader community fuel his work at the ISJL. He has also worked and continues to work with a variety of other nonprofits, including Parents for Public Schools (PPS), the Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM), Camp Dream Street, and more.
Learn more: https://www.isjl.org/